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Jersey Hound: NTDP celebrates sixth Star Wars night

Welcome to the first Jersey Hound blog, ripped from the magazine and deposited on your screen. When the occasion calls for it, we’re going to have jersey-themed posts and the first one brings together USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program and the venerable Star Wars franchise.

This weekend, the NTDP will rock special Star Wars jerseys for the fourth time, while celebrating the program’s sixth Star Wars night (for the first two years, they just had patches).

As per tradition, the jerseys will be auctioned off, with proceeds going to the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. Some prominent players involved in the auctions include Auston Matthews (whose sweater went for $839), Jack Eichel ($622) and Matthew Tkachuk ($720).

BB-8 (2017)

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Image by: Rena Laverty

Everyone loves BB-8. How could you not? The orange panel motif works really well on this uniform, especially with the socks.

Stormtrooper (2016)

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Image by: Rena Laverty

With the white on top and a lot of dark below, it kinda looks like the kids are trying to fight off their own dark sides here. Again, really solid socks here, with bonus stormtroopers. Plus, that’s a sweet NTDP logo up top – gotta remember who you’re repping.

Han Solo (2015)

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I hope the NTDP shot first in this game (pop culture reference!). The simplest of the designs, Han gets the spotlight here, but points for the Millennium Falcon imprint on the back.

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Darth Vader (2014)

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This might be my favorite. On top of Vader pictured in a classic villain pose, the NTDP logo behind him is pretty awesome. This sweater is clean, but effective.